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### Animating the Path

The Animate Path option is not available for Portable devices.

The Operation | Graphic Display Window | Animate Path menu option animates the path of the probe on the part. The Animate Path option only simulates the movement of the probe. It does not execute the measurement routine.

To make Animate Path available for selection:

1. Mark the desired features.

2. Select the View | Path Lines menu item. The Animate Path option is then available for selection.

The software only generates the probe's path lines for features that follow a MODE/DCC command. If your measurement routine doesn't have a MODE/DCC command, you won't see any path lines.

3. Select the Animate Path menu item. PC-DMIS displays the Execution dialog box and automatically begins animating the path with a simulated probe tip.

- To stop the animation at any time, press the Esc key or click Stop on the Execution dialog box.

- To continue a stopped animation, click Continue .

- You can also press the Enter key to toggle between stop and continue when animating the path.

- You can click on a path line to select that feature in the Edit window. This also provides an opportunity to add a move point along that path line. For more information on how use move points to move a path line, see "Moving Path Lines".